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HOSE REEL.

9 e n Hu NQDREW B GRAHAM.PHD'FOU'MQWASHINGTOPLDC UNITED STATES PATENT Urrrcn CHARLES H. BRIGGS, OF KANKAKEE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THOMAS A. KERR, OF SAME PLACE.

HOSE-REEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 561 ,759, dated June 9, 1896. Application filed January 18,1896. Serial No. 575,965. (No model To all? whom it may concern: shown in thisinstance as consisting of a spider Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BRIGGS, of having arms I? and b, the ends of which are Kankakee, in the county of Kankakee and connected with standards b rising from the State of Illinois, have invented certain new lower end wall of the receptacle A, parallel 55 and useful Improvements in Hose-Reels and with the cylindric side wall a and at a dis- 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full, tance therefrom slightly greater than the exclcar, and exact description thereof, reference terior diameter of thehose for which the recepbeingliad to the accompanying drawings, and tacle is adapted. Said standards are shown as to the letters of reference marked thereon, conveniently secured rigidly to the said lower 60 I0 which form a part of this specification. end wall a by means of rivets b inserted This invention relates to reels for hose or through said end wall and through the rightthe like 3 and the object of the invention is to angled lower end portions a of said standards. provide a reeling device of the character re- In order that the hose may be prevented ferred to within which the hose maybe coiled from uncoiling or falling from the receptacle 65 with the utmost facility and in such manner when the latter is turned upon its side or inas to reduce the injurious bending of the same verted, as hereinafter described, arms 0 G are to a minimum, which will serve as a housing provided at opposite sides of the spider B, for the protection of the hose, and which also each arranged to extend from one arm I) to the constitutes a carriage by means of which the next adjacent arm I) and curved outwardly 7o hose may be conveyed from place to place. in a horizontal plane, so as to extend at its The invention consists in the matters heremiddle portion 0 adjacent to or in contact inafter described, and more particularly with the inner surface of the side wall a, thus pointed out in the appended claims, and will overlying the hose coiled against the interior be readily understood from the following deof the receptacle. SfllClldlllS C have pivotal 75 2 5 scription, reference being had to the accomconnection at one end 0 with the arms b, and panying drawings, in whichare provided at their other ends with right- Figure 1 is a perspective of a device emangled downturned portions 0 which are rebodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an axial secmovably inserted through suitable apertures tion of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail of the comformed in the arms I). 8o bined reel support and handle. The receptacle A is revolubly mounted so The invention is shown in the present inas to rotate when in upright position about a stance as embodied in a reel especially adapthorizontal axis. Suitable means for thus suped for reeling garden-hose or the like; but it porting the receptacle are herein shown as will be obvious that the invention is capable consisting of three short leg-standards E E, 85

3 5 of use, with little or no change, for a wide ya mounted or formed upon the ends of crossed riety of purposes. bars E E, which latter are rigidly united Referring to said drawings, A designates as with each other.

a whole a drum-like receptacle having cylin- F designates a rod arranged to extend axidric sides (t and closed bottom a and made ally through the receptacle A and through 0 40 open at its upper end. Said recptacle is the center of the spider B, said rod 13 being herein shown as conveniently made of sheet herein shown as revolubly mounted in said metal and provided with a strengtheningparts, so as to form an axle. At its lower flange 0, around its upper open enchand as end the rod F extends outsideof the recephaving its side and end walls united by means tacle and through the crossed bars E E at 9 5 of a flanged and crimped seam (11, forming the intersection of the latter, the bars being an exterior flange, substantially like the held thereon by means of a suitable head f. strengthening-flange a As a convenient way of providing a handle 13 designates as a whole a suitable skeleton whereby the receptacle may be rolled or trunframe adapted to prevent the hose from bedled along upon its side, one end of the cross- I00 coming displaced after it has been suitably bar E is shown as extended radially outward coiled within the receptacle, said frame being beyond the periphery of the receptacle, then turned at right angles upwardly, as shown at G, to a point about midway of the height of the drum, and then radially outward again a proper distance to form a suitable handhold G. The said part E is shown as deflected downwardly adjacent to the angle thereof to form. in effect a fourth leg or standard E which acts in conjunction with the leg-standards E to hold the receptacle in an upright position.

The use of the device thus constructed will be obvious, but may be briefly described as follows: lVhen it is desired to roll up the hose or coil it in the receptacle, the arms C are disconnected at their removable ends and swung inwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. lhe operator now inserts the end of the hose between one of the standards 13 and the inner cylindric side of the receptacle, adjacent to the lower end thereof, and commences reeling by thrusting the hose into the receptacle in a tangential direction. This thrust of the hose causes the receptacle to revolve upon its standards in a direction away from the operator, and thus coils the hose properly in place. After the hose has been reeled the arms are replaced in their proper position. The unreeling of the hose may obviously be the reverse of the foregoing operation, but usually it will be more conveniently accom plished by disconnecting the arms at their de tachable ends, moving them inwardly out of the way of the hose, and attaching the end of the hose to the hydrant and turning the device upon its side and rolling it away in the direction desired. When thus manipulated, the hose will unreel itself as the device is rolled along in a most satisfactory manner and Without possibility of becoming kinked or bent at a sharp angle. In order that the first two or three coils may not drop out as soon as the receptacle is turned upon its side, an arm G2 is mounted upon the handle G and is provided with an inturned end g, which serves to hold the coils from falling out until paid out by the rotation of the reel.

WVhen it is desired to convey the hose from one place to another, the receptacle is simply turned upon its side and, using the part G as a handle, is trundled along, wheelbarrow fashion.

The receptacle or reel with the hose coiled therein will usually be stored in an inverted position, the receptacle thus serving as a complete housing and protection for the hose. A further advantage incident to thus inverting the receptacle is that by reason of the fact that the hose is coiled therein in the form of a helix all water and moisture will naturally flow to the outer end of the hose and escape through the open end of the receptacle, thus insuring that water will never remain for any considerable length of time within the hose.

IVhile I have herein shown what I deem to be a preferred embodiment of my invention, yet it will be obvious that various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit thereof and without involving more than ordinary mechanical skill. I do not, therefore, wish to be limited to the precise details of construction shown.

I claim as my invention 1. The combined reel and housing for hose and the like comprising an open-topped receptacle provided with circular sides against the interior of which the hose is adapted to be coiled concentrically and the support upon which said receptacle is revolubly mounted so as to rotate about a vertical axis.

2. A combined reel and housing for hose and the like comprising an open-topped receptacle having cylindric sides, a support upon which said receptacle is revolubly mounted so as to rotate about a vertical axis and a handle connected therewith whereby the recep tacle may be trundled upon its cylindric side.

3. A combined reel and housing for hose and the like, comprising an open-topped receptacle having cylindric sides, an inner supporting-frame provided with parts arranged parallel with the inner cylindric side of the re ceptacle and between which and said inner cylindric sides the hose is adapted to be coiled, a support upon which said receptacle is re volubly mounted and ahandle whereby the receptacle may be trundled upon its cylindric side.

4. Aconibined reelandhousing forhoso and the like comprising an open-topped cylindric receptacle, a supporting-frame with said receptacle consisting of standards secured to the end wallof the receptacle and extending parallel with the cylindric wall thereof and a spider connected with the upper ends of said standards, a support upon which said receptacle is revolubly mounted comprising crossed bars each provided with supporting-legs, said support having revoluble connection with the receptacle at the center of the bottom thereof and a handle connected with the said support, whereby the receptacle may be trundled upon its cylindric side.

5. Acombined reeland housing forhose and the like comprising an open-topped cylindric receptacle and supporting-frame arranged within said receptacle adapted to hold the hose in the coiled position against the interior of the receptacle, pivoted arms mounted upon said supporting-frame adapted to prevent the hose uncoiling, a support upon which said receptacle is revolubly mounted and a handle connected with said support, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I EtffiX my signature, in pres ence of two witnesses, this 6th day of J anuary, A. D. 1896.

CHARLES H. BRIGGS.

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